Fishing-line reel



W. E. HODGES AND C. F. LARZELERE.

FISHING LINE REEL, APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1921.

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Original application filed March 25, 1920, Serial No. 368,521. Divided and this application filed March To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER E. Honens and Crmnnns LARZELERE, citizens of the United States, residing at Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Line Reels, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvement in fishing line reels, and more particularly to a known forms of fishing reels in particular.

With the foregoing andother objectsrin view, the invention, forming divisional subject matter of my co-pendingapplication, filed on March 25, 1920, and serially numbered 368,521, resides in the certain new and useful construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figurel is a vertical section'of a fishing line reel showing the embodiment of the device therewith in clicking position, and the reel tensioned for not too free rotation,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the clicking mechanism set to allow rotation of the reel in one direction only, v l a Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig.2, but showing the clicking mechanism setto allow free rotation of the reel as in the payingout of the line therefrom, without the clicking pawl functioning,

Fig. 4 is a sectionaldetail showing the mounting of the pawl on one side of the reel,

12, 1921. Serial no. 451,920.

ing parts in the several views thereof, the numeral 10 designates one wall ofa fishing reel casing having a circular series of openings 11 for ventilating the interior thereof, 12 a guard flange formed on the peripheral edge of one side wall of the casing, and 18 a pair of clips disposed at a point diametrically opposite the flange 12, by meansof which the reel is to be fastened onto a rod (not shown) in the usual manner. Extending centrally of the casing is an axis 14 on which is rotatably mounted a sleeve 15 car-- rying a reel hub 16 between the end of which and the outwardly stepped bearing collar 17 is a ratchet wheel 18, the stepped portion of the collar 17 of greatest diameter being spaced inwardly from the opposed wall of the casing for a distance equal to the width of the intermediate stepped portion of the same, while the portion ofthe smallest diameter is engaged in a center bearing opening of the latter. Y

1 An adjusting element consisting of a semi circular body portion 19 having a radially extending lever arm or handle 20 is provided, and the body portion 19 is provided with an opening engaged in the intermediate portion of the collar 17 and movable thereon between the opposed faces of the adjacent wardly through and movable in an arcuate slot 21 formed in the end wall of the casing 10, the free end portion of the same being disposed in slightly spaced parallel relation with respect to the outer face of the latter.

A notch 22 is formed in the inner edge of the slot 21 and holds the lever or handle in its normally operative position, which position will be hereinafter more particularly referred to. Secured in the inner face ofthe body 19 are a pair of spaced lugs or pins 23 and 24, and between which is disposed the clicking pawl 25 pivotally supported on a pivot pin 25 fixed in the casing wall 10 and is held in operative position thereon by means of a bracket arm 26 secured to the inner face of the wall of the casing and, with the lever or handle 20 held in the notch 22, the pawl 25 is disposed in its normal clicking position, the point of the same being in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 18 for the purpose. By swinging the bracket 26 to one side, the pawl 25 may be conveniently removed from the pin 25 for cleaning and oiling purposes. V

Carried at the outer end-of the pawl 25 is a bowed spring 27 which has its" opposite ends each connected to one of a pair of diagonally extending coiled springs 28 and 29, the opposite ends ofwhich are secured respectively to pins or'lugs 30 and 31, which are secured in the inner walls or the casing 10 at opposite sides. of the ratchet wheel 18 and the body 19. Alooking plate. is provided with a slot 33 by means otwhich it isengaged over the pin or lug 31,- and the same is bent at its inner end to providea laterally and outwardly offset portion 3a which engages the outer face of the ratchet wheel 18 to prevent displacement of the reel fromwithin the casing 10, the hub-16 otthe f reel being secured on the sleeve 15 between an 'tlon, what 1s cla1med,'1s

annular shoulder on the latter and the ratchet wheel 18.

Upon the outer end of the locking-member 32 is a lug or projection 35 which extends laterally outward of a slot 36 formed in the casing wall 10, and by means of which the member maybe moved radially to lock or release the reel and ratchet in the casing. Secured to a pin 37 adjacent one end ofthe slot21 is one end of a spring 38 which bearsfi 7 I erableiby the pull on the line of a caught against the edge of the body 19, the other end engaged in a groove formed in the pe riphery of a roller 39, which is concentrically mounted on a pin or stud 40in the casing wall 10. Projecting laterally outward from the roller 39 is an eccentrically disposed pin or lug 40 which extends through an opening in the wall of the casing and carrieson-its outer end a, finger piece 11. Manipulation of the finger piece 11 rotates the roller 39' and increases or decreases the tension of the spring 38 with respect to the memberor body 19 whereby to govern the freedom of movement of the'latter. v I

In operation, the adjusting member or body 19 is normally set for clicking action, as illustrated in Fig. 1,'in which position the pins 23 and 24E are-held spaced equidistantly to either side of the pawl 25 with the latter in engagement with the ratchet wheel 18, whereby the reel may be rotated in either direction about its axis, and, when so rotated, the ratchet is also rotated in clicking action with the pawl 25, in'which case, however, the rotation of the reel and ratchet is slightly retarded inv both directions of such rotation. 7 When it is desired to pay out the fishing line from the reel, as in trolling, the adjusting member or body 19 is oscil lated bymoving the lever'or handle to the end ot'the slot 21, as in Fig. 3, so that the pin 30 engages the pawl 25 and moves it out otengagement with the teeth of the ratchet, in which position the reel is freely rotatable in both directions. Bymoving the lever or handle 20 to the opposite end of the slot 21, as shown in Fig. 2, the adjustingmemb'er or body- 1918 oscillated so that the pin 23 engages the pawl 25, the latter being not "wholly disengaged from the ratchet 18, but

cient to overcome. the tension of the spring 38, the pawl 25'will automatically returner be reset to clicking position. This lastoperative position of the parts of the reel, is often used by fishermen, when it is desired that the weight of the fish, or its pull onthe line, indicates its presence on the line and as 'havlng actually been hooked.

Having thus fully described the inven- 1. In a deviceof the class described, a casing, a reel mounted in said casing, a clicking means associated with said reel, means for rendering said clicking means inoperativefor the rotation of said reelin both directions or movement, and means for rendering said clicking means inoperative for the rotation of said reel in onedirection only, said last mentioned means being opfish whereby to automatically return said clicking means to operative position.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing, a reel mounted in said cas'ing,'.a clicking means associated with said reel, means for tensioning said clicking means in normally operative position, means tor rendering said clicking means inoperative for the rotation of said reel in both directions of movement,and means for rendering said clicking means inoperative tor the rotation of said reel. in one direction only, said last mentioned means beingoperable by the pull on theline ofa caught fish whereby to automatically return said clicking means to operative position. i

3. In a device of the class described, a casing, a reel mounted in the casing, a ratchet wheel carried by the reel, a pawl pivoted on the casing, springs for holding the pawl in loose engagement with the ratchet to effect clicking action ofthe reel, and pins 1 movable into engagement with the pawl for releasing the same from the ratchet and for moving the same into one way binding action of the ratchet in different directions of their movement.

4L. Ina device of the class described, acas ing, a reel mounted in the casing, a ratchet wheel carried by the reel, a pawlpivoted on the casing, springs for holding the pawl in loose engagement with the ratchet to efifect clicking action of thereel, a control lever mounted in the casing, a pin on the control lever for contact with the pawl to remove the same from engagement with the ratchet, a pin on the control lever for engaging the pawl for moving the same into engagement with the ratchet to permit rotation of the reel in one direction only, and an eccentrically mounted finger engaging member for adjusting the action of said control lever.

5. In a device of the class described, a casing, a reel removably and rotatably mounted in the casing, a ratchet wheel carried by the reel, a pawl pivoted on the casing, springs for holding the pawl in loose engagement with the ratchet to effect clicking action of the reel, a control lever mounted in the casing, a pin on the control lever pawl for moving the same into engagement with the ratchet to permit rotation of the reel in one direction only, an eccentrically mounted finger engaging member for adjusting the action of the control lever, and means for effecting the pawl in its last mentioned position whereby to return the same automatically to clicking action with said ratchet. A

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures hereto.

WALTER E. HoDeEs.

CHARLES F. LARZELERE. 

